San Diego County Road Repair, Transit, Traffic Relief, Safety and Water Quality Measure
*PASSED*
Official Summary
Shall an ordinance be adopted to: repair roads, deteriorating bridges; relieve congestion; provide every community funds for pothole/street repairs; expand public transit, including improved services for seniors, disabled, students, veterans; reduce polluted runoff; preserve open space to protect water quality/reduce wildfires by enacting, with independent oversight/audits, a 40-year, half-cent local sales tax ($308 million annually) that Sacramento cannot take away?
Notes
- 2/3 approval needed to pass
- placed on ballot by SANDAG
- overseen by ITOC
- 1% admin fee
- increase sales tax by 0.5% for 40 years
- statewide base sales tax rate is 7.5%
- San Diego County is 8% (more in El Cajon, Vista, La Mesa, National City)
- Exceptions to tax:
- Sales of tangible personal property to operators of aircraft to be used or consumed principally outside the County
- Sales of property to be used outside the County that is shipped to a point outside of the County
- The sale of tangible personal property if the seller is obligated to furnish the property for a fixed price pursuant to a contract entered into prior to the operative date of this Ordinance.
- A lease of tangible personal property that is a continuing sale of such property, for any period of time for which the lessor is obligated to lease the property for an amount fixed by the lease prior to the operative date of this Ordinance.
- If the purchaser is obligated to purchase the property for a fixed price pursuant to a contract entered into prior to the operative date of this Ordinance.
- bonds would be issued payable from the sales tax proceeds
- requires local agencies to match funding
- ask SANDAG to use "best efforts" to complete Priority Corridor programs within 15 years: SR78 (HOV), I-5 (HOV, COASTER double tracking, add Fairgrounds Station), SR52 (HOV), Sorrento Valley Station relocation, new Purple Trolley Line, more Orange and Green and Blue Trolleys, SR 67 (widening), I-8 ("improvements"), SR94/125 (missing connectors), express service San Ysidro-Downtown-Old Town-Kearny Mesa and Iris Station-Otay Mesa
- "goal" of 80%-100% local workers on capital projects
- monies used for (min % of net revenue listed):
- Local Infrastructure Projects (24 %):transit operations/management, transit youth passes, transit incentives for developers, natural habitat development/maintenance, build/maintain local roads, traffic light synchronization, sidewalks, bike paths, beach sand replenishment, greenhouse gas reduction plans, and prepare/implement watershed management plans.
- Regional Corridors Projects: Transit Services - Capital (26.8 %): new and expanded transit services
- Regional Corridors Projects: HOV Lanes (1o.8 %)
- Regional Corridors Projects: Highways and Connectors (3.4 %)
- Active Transportation Projects (3 %): bikeway facilities and connectivity improvements, pedestrian and walkable community projects, bicycle and pedestrian safety projects and programs, pedestrian grade separation projects, and traffic calming projects
- Open Space Funding (11.1 %): implementation of the regional share of habitat conservation plans, including acquiring, managing, and monitoring conservation lands
- Transit Operator Funding: New Transit Services (4.92 %): funding for the region’s transit operators for operation of new, expanded, or enhanced services
- Transit Operator Funding: Advanced Transit Services (2.53 %)
- Transit Operator Funding: Enhanced Local Bus Services (1.95 %)
- Transit Operator Funding: Enhanced Trolley Services (1.95 %)
- Transit Operator Funding: Enhanced COASTER and SPRINTER Services (0.55 %) - 6 additional one-way weekday trips on COASTER, "increased frequency and longer hours"
- Grants Program: Rail/Road Grade Separation (5 %)
- Grants Program: Arterial Traffic Signal Synchronization (1 %)
- Grants Program: Specialized Transportation Projects (3 %): for projects and programs specifically designed to address the needs of transportation disadvantaged populations (seniors, students, disabled, low-income, veterans)